The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-30
TARIFF AND THE TESTAMENT,
Why OLD St. James Bibles are Taxed and
the New Version Admitted Free.
Special 10 the World

Special TO the World.
WASHINGTON. November Ex-senator
Blackburn, of Kentucky, arrived liz Wash
iDgton tonight. lie says Samuel j. Ran
dali, like Belshazzar, the Babylonian King.
is reading the writing on the wall, and that
he sees the end of his extreme protec tive
tariff ideas.
81 take it," said Senator Blackburn.
"ihat Randall is too sensible and practical
q man to stand in the way of a revision Of
the tariff. III he.d3es, he must simply be
regsrded as marplot and q man who
stands in the way of Fighting his country's
wrongs"
1.-The Democrats here think Carlisle's
backbone needs stihening."
Yes" replied the Senator, ''but there
will be no trouble about that. He will
get plenty of porous plasters from both
Senate and House. This burdensome
system of taxation must be stopped and
the millions boarded in the Treasury must
be decreased. Congress must cut down
the tariff. We pay an average of 40 per
cent. duty on the 4,011 imported articles
on our tariff list, and England pays duty
Oh only thirteen. In England no neces-
sary article of life is taxed, and in this
free Republic every necessary article of life
is taxed.
During the last CAMPAIGN 1 went into
the mountainous districts OF Kentucky
to point where the people described in
Charles Egbert Craddock'e novels live
where the people are all Republicans, and
where they, as a rule, believe in Republ-
can principles. l made speeches on the
tariff. / showed them that everything
they used, from the sWaddling clothes of
their babies to the sbrouds of their dead,
were loaded down with taxation. / told
them that the Republican party had ad-
mitted only one thing free OF duty, and
that was playing cards for the use of gam
bleTs; that they taxed, on the other hand,
the old Bibles on which we we're raised
These were of the st. James version,
the version of hell fire and brim-
stone, and ii was only the new version,
which had not the name help in it, that
the Republican party admitted free, and
when both House and Senate were Repub-
icaD, passed a Law deciding on the free
importation of $4,000 OF these books.
This party Of God and morality were only
satisfied 20 take the duty off playing cards
for gamblers and Bibles without help to
give Republicans chance for future ex-
istence in comfort
HAS President Cleveland gained any
thing by his Southern trip"
81 don't think any one in the Demo-
cratic psrty doubts Cleyeland's renomina-
ton. AS to his election, it is twelve
months before the vote is taken, and the
prophet in such matters often turns out
the fool"
"How about the second place on the
ticket2 Will Mr.. Carlisle be candidate?'
81 think he has far too much sense 10
expect it. | am, however, able to tell
where the Vice President will come from,
He will come from the West, and his State
is Illinois"
what will be his name?'
tfI don't coro that OUoafiOn ~
"Will il begin with an M (Morri son)?"
mo, it will begin with b. Further
than that, don't care to say,.save that he
lives in Washington and occupies an OFF,
cisl position"
Upon being asked If he meant Commits
sioner Black the Senator smiled knowing
smile and left.